RoughRiders fall on Sunday, split series
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (May 28, 2023) – The Frisco RoughRiders spotted the Arkansas Travelers an early lead in an 8-4 loss on Sunday at Dickey-Stephens Park. Box Score Arkansas (28-17) led off the game with a home run and never relinquished the lead. The Travelers tied the series at
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (May 28, 2023) – The Frisco RoughRiders spotted the Arkansas Travelers an early lead in an 8-4 loss on Sunday at Dickey-Stephens Park.
Arkansas (28-17) led off the game with a home run and never relinquished the lead. The Travelers tied the series at three games apiece with Frisco (20-24). The teams split a series in Frisco in April and will not play each other again in the regular season.
Matt Brosky (0-1) made his Double-A debut for Frisco on the mound. After allowing a home run to the first man he saw and letting the next three batters reach, he escaped damage in the first with a strikeout and a double play. Frisco tied the game at 1-1 the next inning with back to back singles by Liam Hicks *and *Jax Biggers, the latter scoring Kellen Strahm.
Brosky allowed four runs in the second inning before ending his night with a scoreless third.
Alex Speas struck out the side in the fourth inning and the bullpen allowed just one earned run. Triston Polley went two innings with two unearned scores, Antoine Kelly did not allow a hit in the seventh but conceded one run, and Eudrys Manon faced the minimum in the eighth inning.
Bryan Woo (3-2) gave up just one earned run in five innings for the win.
Jax Biggers had two hits for the RoughRiders in the final game Frisco will play in North Little Rock. Biggers, the former Arkansas Razorback, had the team's first RBI with his base hit in the second inning. He singled and scored in the seventh as well.
*Thomas Saggese *collected an RBI single in the seventh and also walked twice. He totaled eight hits in the series with four doubles.
Frisco returns home for a six-game series against the San Antonio Missions, beginning Tuesday, May 30 at 7:05 p.m. Get your tickets now at RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team is celebrating its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 185 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Cole Ragans and Bubba Thompson. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].